Categorizing genetically modified food products: Effects of labelling on information processing

British Food Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-314

  Tenbült, Petra ^a   De Vries, Nanne ^a   Dreezens, Ellen ^a   Martijn, Carolien ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food products; Genetic modification; Labelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947678764     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700710736552     Document Type: Article

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